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Pontine tegmental field left


Abbreviation
PTF
Color       
Superior regionsPontine gray

SynonymsAbbr.Language
Pontine tegmental region Eng
D-region Eng
Pontine tegmental fieldPTFEng
Nucleus tegmentopontinus Eng
Pontine tegmental area Eng
Tegemental field pons Eng

SubregionsSide
Dorsomedial tegmental arealeft
Reticulotegmental nucleusleft
Ventral region of the nucleus tegmentopontinusleft

Output to

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Midbrain extrapyramidal areaipsiMEA1
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleusipsiPPTg2
Pontine tegmental fieldipsiPTF3
Probst's tract medullaipsiprbm-2
Ventromedial branch of Probst's bundleipsivmbprb-2
Parabrachial nucleusipsiPB2
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR2
Endopiriform systemipsiEnN-1
Basal nucleus MeynertipsiB-1
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral groupipsiRRF3
Midline group of the dorsal thalamusipsiMTN-1
Intralaminar nucleiipsiILN-1
Medial reticulospinal pathwayipsimrsp-2
Basolateral amygdaloid nucleusipsiBL-1
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe-1
Medial amygdaloid nucleusipsiMe-1
Ventral pallidumipsiVP-1
Lateral septal nucleus dorsal partipsiLSD0.5
Lateral septal nucleus intermediate partipsiLSI0.5
Phrenic motoneurons of lamina 9 C3ipsiPh9C3-0.5
Phrenic motoneurons of lamina 9 C4ipsiPh9C4-0.5
Phrenic motoneurons of lamina 9 C5ipsiPh9C5-0.5
Lumbar segment 6ipsiL63
Sacral segment 1ipsiSa11
Midbrain extrapyramidal areacontraMEA1
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleuscontraPPTg2
Pontine tegmental fieldcontraPTF3
Parabrachial nucleuscontraPB1
Retroambiguus nucleuscontraRAmb1
A8 dopamine cells retrorubral groupcontraRRF2
Ventromedial crossingcontravmc-2
Phrenic motoneurons of lamina 9 C3contraPh9C3-0.5
Phrenic motoneurons of lamina 9 C4contraPh9C4-0.5
Phrenic motoneurons of lamina 9 C5contraPh9C5-0.5
Lumbar segment 6contraL61

Input from

NameSideAbbr.WeightDetails
Lateral periaqueductal grayipsiLPAG3
Periaqueductal gray dorsal partipsiPAGd2
Periaqueductal gray laterodorsal partipsiPAGLD2
Ventrolateral periaqueductal grayipsiVLPAG2
Superior colliculusipsiSC3
Central tegmental fieldipsiTGAC4
Substantia nigra compact partipsiSNC0
Substantia nigra lateral partipsiSNL0
Substantia nigra reticular partipsiSNR1
Ventral tegmental area A10ipsiVTA0
Retrorubral nucleusipsiRR1
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleusipsiLDTg1
Gigantocellular tegmental fieldipsiGiCTeF3
Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus midcaudal levelipsiPPTgmC1
Edinger Westphal nucleusipsiEW1
Interposed cerebellar nucleiipsiICN0
Lateral cerebellar nucleusipsiCERL0
Barringtons nucleusipsiBar0
Locus coeruleusipsiLC0
Pontine tegmental fieldipsiPTF3
Prepositus nucleusipsiPr1
Cuneiforme nucleusipsiCnF1
Lateral parabrachial nucleusipsiLPB1
Parabrachial nucleus medialipsiPBnMe0
Gigantocellular reticular nucleusipsiGi3
Spinal trigeminal nucleusipsiSp5nc1
Vestibular nucleiipsiVnc1
Nucleus of the solitary tract caudal partipsiSolca0
Nucleus of the solitary tract rostral partipsiSolro0
Dorsal raphe nucleusipsiDR1
Median raphe nucleusipsiMnR0
Superior central raphe nucleusipsiCS0
Ventral lateral medulla oblongataipsiMVL2
Diagonal band of BrocaipsiDBB0
Substantia innominataipsiSI1
Lateral preoptic areaipsiLPO0
Medial preoptic areaipsiMPA1
Posterior hypothalamic areaipsiPHA0
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleusipsiPa-0.5
Perifornical nucleusipsiPeF2
Zona incertaipsiZI2
Lateral habenular nucleusipsiLHb0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminalisipsiBST0
Central amygdaloid nucleusipsiCe0
Prefrontal cortexipsiPFC0
Lateral periaqueductal graycontraLPAG1
Periaqueductal gray dorsal partcontraPAGd1
Periaqueductal gray laterodorsal partcontraPAGLD1
Ventrolateral periaqueductal graycontraVLPAG1
Superior colliculuscontraSC1
Central tegmental fieldcontraTGAC2
Substantia nigra compact partcontraSNC0
Substantia nigra lateral partcontraSNL0
Substantia nigra reticular partcontraSNR0
Ventral tegmental area A10contraVTA0
Retrorubral nucleuscontraRR1
Laterodorsal tegmental nucleuscontraLDTg1
Gigantocellular tegmental fieldcontraGiCTeF3
Edinger Westphal nucleuscontraEW1
Interposed cerebellar nucleicontraICN0
Lateral cerebellar nucleuscontraCERL0
Barringtons nucleuscontraBar0
Locus coeruleuscontraLC0
Pontine tegmental fieldcontraPTF3
Prepositus nucleuscontraPr1
Cuneiforme nucleuscontraCnF1
Lateral parabrachial nucleuscontraLPB0
Parabrachial nucleus medialcontraPBnMe0
Gigantocellular reticular nucleuscontraGi3
Spinal trigeminal nucleuscontraSp5nc2
Vestibular nucleicontraVnc1
Nucleus of the solitary tract caudal partcontraSolca0
Nucleus of the solitary tract rostral partcontraSolro0
Dorsal raphe nucleuscontraDR1
Median raphe nucleuscontraMnR0
Superior central raphe nucleuscontraCS0
Ventral lateral medulla oblongatacontraMVL1
Diagonal band of BrocacontraDBB0
Substantia innominatacontraSI0
Lateral preoptic areacontraLPO0
Medial preoptic areacontraMPA0
Posterior hypothalamic areacontraPHA0
Paraventricular hypothalamic nucleuscontraPa-0.5
Perifornical nucleuscontraPeF1
Zona incertacontraZI0
Lateral habenular nucleuscontraLHb0
Bed nucleus of the stria terminaliscontraBST0
Central amygdaloid nucleuscontraCe0
Prefrontal cortexcontraPFC0

Key for weights

ValueWeight
-3 unknown
-2 fibers of passage
-1 not clear
-0.5 exists
0 not present
0.5 very light
1 light / sparse
1.5 light / moderate
2 moderate / dense
2.5 moderate / strong
3 strong
4 very strong





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